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Hybrid vigor and conceptual structure

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2010

Frank Keil
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520. [email protected]

Abstract

Machery rightly points out a diverse set of phenomena associated with concepts that create challenges for many traditional views of their nature. It may be premature, however, to give up such views completely. Here I defend the possibility of hybrid models of concept structure.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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